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Ubuntu 16.04 ESM : Apache HTTP Server vulnerabilities (USN-4994-2)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 150942

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 ESM host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4994-2 advisory.

 USN-4994-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in Apache. This update provides the corresponding update for Ubuntu 14.04 ESM and Ubuntu 16.04 ESM.

 Original advisory details:

 Antonio Morales discovered that the Apache mod_auth_digest module

 incorrectly handled certain Digest nonces. A remote attacker could possibly

 use this issue to cause Apache to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

 (CVE-2020-35452)

 Antonio Morales discovered that the Apache mod_session module incorrectly

 handled certain Cookie headers. A remote attacker could possibly use this

 issue to cause Apache to crash, resulting in a denial of service.

 (CVE-2021-26690)

 Christophe Jaillet discovered that the Apache mod_session module

 incorrectly handled certain SessionHeader values. A remote attacker could

 use this issue to cause Apache to crash, resulting in a denial of service,

 or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2021-26691)

 Christoph Anton Mitterer discovered that the new MergeSlashes configuration

 option resulted in unexpected behaviour in certain situations.

 (CVE-2021-30641)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4994-2

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 150942

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4994-2.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/21/2021

Updated: 8/28/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-26691

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-event, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-pristine, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-utils, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2.2-bin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-prefork, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-data, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-worker, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec-custom, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-suexec, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-macro, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-proxy-html, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:esm, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:apache2-mpm-itk

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/21/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/1/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-35452, CVE-2021-26690, CVE-2021-26691, CVE-2021-30641

IAVA: 2021-A-0259-S

USN: 4994-2